The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-04
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

case of deadly assault, aud eleven members
signed a paper stating that the ''c!eycn 40 not
consider the obstinate qualined juror
That he is essentially lacking in certain qualiil-
cations necessary to constitute good juror.
We would. therefore, ask th2t III making up
the jury list in future for this county, his name
be left Off
THE only cities in the United States having
public baths are Boston, with l.; New York, 10;
Philadelphia, 8; Brooklyn, 3; Cleveland and
Hartford each I; and Buffalo. the number not
given. In New York 3.43l,0S6 persons bathed
from June TO October in 1888; during the same
time in Boston 959,7G5. and in Brooklyn l2o,S9?.
In eighteen cities where there are no pubic
baths only about % per cent OF the residents
are supplied with bath tubs
DEcEPTIoNs Of all sorts are said to be prac-
tced by French Canadian families Of mill
hands in Salem, Mass, in order to conceal the
age of children too young to work from the IN
spectors. Lately, however, member OF the
local school board, a dentist, hit upon means
of overcoming the obstacles, and now in doubt
full instances the child is ordered to open its
mouth, and if no molar, due at II years or age,
can be discovered, it must go TO school IN splte
OF all proteStatioD.
ALL the conductors on the Maine Central
railroad have been provided by the manage
ment of the road with cases containing all the
remedies to be used in cases of accident, such as
linen and rubber bandages, plaster, surgical IN
struments, medicines, linaments, etc, with
books of directions. Every conductor will be
his own doctor. The occasions are frequent
also in times of accident where physicians are
passengers upon trains, and where they are
handicapped by lack OF the tools of their trade.
Such will not be the case hereafter The rules
are strict that the cases shall accompany each
train.
THE New York Ereninq Post states that one
of the newest of the german figures at summer
resorts is known as the railroad This re-
qures six railroad tickets for the ladies, six
placards for the gentlemen and whistle FOR
the leader The gentlemen fastcn the placards
around their neckS, while the tickets are dis
tributed among the ladies. Upon the signal
from the leader the orchestra plays a railroad
galOp and the gentlemen march into the ROOM
| initiating train. At the sound of whistle the
train stops and the leader calls the name OF one
of the stations upon the placard. when the lady
with the corresponding ticket takes her part
ner, the rest following according to their destl-
nation.
THERE appeared last week in the obituary
| columns of the Philadelphia Public Ledger no.
tees of the deaths of twenty-four persons, nine
| men and fifteen women who bad lived to or be-
| yond the advanced age of 50 years. to-wit:
| Priscilla Bryant. Margaret E. Forearm, 20;
/ John ". Boyer, Sarah Ann Helerman: 81;
! John NJ. Miller, George Carpenter, Lydia 4.
! Butt Anna A. Bradshaw. 50; Sydney Campbell,
| Elizabeth v Culin, 50; Abraham Buckman,
| William Cress, Sr, Maria z. Hermann, "a;
Henry Lex, -; Elizabeth Haslam, So; Mary
I
! kunkel Mary Daley, s.; John H. Siner, William
CoOgan, Kitty Ann HILL 80; Margaret Deveney,
| 80; Bridget CondrOn, 90.
SAYS a st. Louis physician: San operation
lately performed in this city set me to thinking
| about that system which keeps from the public
| facts about great surgical performances. Here
| was q man whose subclavian artery was cut as
| a last desperate resort. The operation was a
| great one, but the world heard nothing of it.
| Now. wondered if my profession is not going
too far in its concealment. One of the blesSedest
things in life is hope, and yet that is denied the
| world in matters of disease because the public
are not told of the great advancement in sur
| gerry and medicine. Only once in a while is the
/ veil lifted for the masses to look through the
| public press. No line of human endeaVor has
than surgery, and yet the world is Just as fear
| full as it was in 1860, for the simple reason it
| doesn't know what has been done"
DANIEL s. DICKINSON, formerly United States
| Senator from New York who was very fond of
saying sharp things, sometimes gave offense by
| his witticisms when he least expected to do so.
One day when he was walking moodily along
| the street in Albany, at the time SilaS Wright
was Governor, he met Mrs. Wright, the Cover
| nor's wife. She, observing his distracted air,
said TO him in jocular manner What does
| q man think of when he is thinking of moth
! lng!" of woman's PROMISE responded
| Dickinson. We'll done, Senator said Mrs.
| Wright, who passed on, but did not forget Dick
| luSOil ) REMARK. SOnctllle dItefWaru ne re-
| quested her to help him TO Tersurde the Cover
| nor to appoint friend to Office, reminding her.
| at the same time, that she had promised TO aid
him whenever he should ask for her assistance.
| course it was nothing" ''How is thatf" ex-
| claimed Dickinson, much surprised Because
it was a womans promise don't yo, know"
| responded Mrs Wright. The Senator did know
and he had TO tell bis friend that the adverse
influences We're so strong that the coveted APP
pointment could not be obtained for him.
LESLIE CooMBs, q great friend of Henry Clay,
and popular stump speaker used to tell o
good story about Counsellor Higgins He was
exceedingly adroit in defending prisoner, and
would sometimes almost laugh down an indict-
| ment for small offense. a fellow Zone SMITH
| being OH trial for stealing a turkey the coun-
| sellor attempted TO give goodhumored turn
| to the affair Why, gentlemen of the Jury
said he, this Is really small affair; wonder
| any one would bring such q complaint into
| court; if we are going on ct this rate we shall
| have business enough on our hands Why, |
| recollect when was at college that nothing
| was more common than TO go out foraging. We
| did not get the poultry too often in the same
| place, and there was no harm done. no fault
| found Notwithstanding this appeal the jury
| convicted the prisoner. After the court rose,
| one of the jury, plain old farmer meeting the
counsellor. conplimented his ingenuity in the
defense. And now, squire" said he, fixing a
| knowing look npon bin, Il should like to ask
| you question, which road do you take in going
| home, the upper or the lower The lower, q
| answered the counsellor Wei. then. it's 10
| matter; only wanted to observe that il You
| We're going my way would just Jog on before
| and lock upm henhouse."
THEY tell good story Of a constable up in the
town of Huron, " Y. Several months ago he
was given a Judgment of $50 against IRE
| spectacle" dead beat in that town. The consta-
| be was offered more than bis usual fee If he
should collect the money, and he spent weeks in
looking for property upon which TO make levy
But al in vain: his efforts were only ridculed
| Then he resolved TO make a levy anyhow He
learned that his man wGS accustomed to go to
| Sodus Bay for IA swim with friends every Satrlr-
| day evening, and he watched his chance 1t
| came last Saturday, when he crept stealthily up
! to the spot where the mans clothes We're living
| upon the bank, while their owner was disporting
| in the water below An armrtl Of the clothing
! hat, shoes and oil, was hastily gathered no by
the constable, who shouted TO his victim that he
| guessed he was onto him at last. Protests
| and threats from the angry man in the water
| were OF no avail. A parlty OF an hour ensued
| during which the constable cluns to the cloth
| ing, while the unhappy debtor sat in the tall
| grass. clad only in his innocence. Finally one
| OF the mans companions, q responsible citizen
| tool. pity on him aud agreed to pay the debt
| with costs, whereupon the clothes were deliv-
cred over TO the shivering defendant
Mus. LANGLEY visited Ogden, Utah, a few days
ago. on her way back To the East and. saws the
Salt Lake tribune, lin accordance with his
promise made some weeks ago, AR Lowe
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